SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTED INFORMATION POLICY (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002000100008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 18, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 2, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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The Director of Central Intelligence
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, National Security Age,
DD/A Registry
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SUBJECT.: Sensitive Compartmented InfoAation Policy (U)
adversely affect the opera 'on of NSA
1. (C) This will cknowledge your emorandum of 22 July
1977 wherein you express our concern t t my desire to
stabilize the current lev of COMINT Access approvals might
2. (U) I am mindful o3~ the p
which requires that persons eVloy
access to classified informati
place any ceiling on the number
access.
3. (C) Nevertheless, it
departments and agencies can t
possibly to reduce the overall
information access approvals.
for contractors, for example
scrutiny.
4. (U) Your expresse
access to sensitive compart
and I look forward to your
fort to effect greater c
to point out that my lette,
Intelligence Community en
the security of sensitive
I consider to be equally
access approvals.
ident to me that all NFIB
ain steps to limit and
of sensitive compartmented
is currently authorized
subjected to closer
support of m
ented informatiI
policy of limiting
n is appreciated,
cooperation in t V
ntrol of such acce
community-wide
s. I should like
to the Acting Bepmi
ompassed several acti
programs and products,
s important as the limi
tion of
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:t was never my intent to
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for the
s affecting
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SUBJECT: Sensitive Compartmented
Information Policy (U)
ORIGINATOR:
Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
CONCURRENCE:
/s/,. Michael J. MalaniGk
Michael ante
Acting Deputy Director
for
Administration
Distribution:
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DCI
Acting DDCI
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SENDER WILL CHECK CLASSIFICATION TOP AND BOTTOM
UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET
OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP
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DATE
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RECOMMENDATION
COMMENT
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INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
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Att: ER 77-5209/A, sub, : Sensitive Comp_artmen,
Remarks: Information Policy
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CONFIDENAL
UNCLASSIFIED TI
SECRET
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